linux-kernel - RE: [PATCH v3 2/3] PCI: hv: Move retarget related structures into tlfs header

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Date:   Thu, 13 Feb 2020 08:04:25 +0000
From:   Dexuan Cui <decui@...rosoft.com>
To:     Boqun Feng <boqun.feng@...il.com>
CC:     "linux-pci@...r.kernel.org" <linux-pci@...r.kernel.org>,
        "linux-hyperv@...r.kernel.org" <linux-hyperv@...r.kernel.org>,
        "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        "linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org" 
        <linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org>,
        Michael Kelley <mikelley@...rosoft.com>,
        KY Srinivasan <kys@...rosoft.com>,
        Haiyang Zhang <haiyangz@...rosoft.com>,
        Stephen Hemminger <sthemmin@...rosoft.com>,
        Sasha Levin <sashal@...nel.org>,
        Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>, Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>,
        "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>,
        "x86@...nel.org" <x86@...nel.org>,
        Lorenzo Pieralisi <lorenzo.pieralisi@....com>,
        Andrew Murray <andrew.murray@....com>,
        Bjorn Helgaas <bhelgaas@...gle.com>,
        Andrew Murray <amurray@...goodpenguin.co.uk>
Subject: RE: [PATCH v3 2/3] PCI: hv: Move retarget related structures into
 tlfs header

> From: Boqun Feng <boqun.feng@...il.com>
> Sent: Wednesday, February 12, 2020 11:26 PM
> 
> > Just a small thing: would it be slightly better if we change the name
> > in the above line to HVCALL_RETARGET_INTERRUPT ?
> >
> > HVCALL_RETARGET_INTERRUPT is a define, so it may help to locate the
> > actual value of the define here. And, HVCALL_RETARGET_INTERRUPT is
> > used several times in the patchset so IMO we'd better always use
> > the same name.
> 
> This might be a good suggestion, however, throughout the TLFS header,
> camel case is more commonly used for referencing hypercall. For example:
> 
> 	/* HvCallSendSyntheticClusterIpi hypercall */
> 
> So I think it's better to let it as it is for this patch, and later on,
> if we reach a consensus, we can convert the names all together.
> 
> Thoughts?
> 
> Regards,
> Boqun

Makes sense to me. Thanks for the explanation!

Thanks,
-- Dexuan